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* On 2005.04.23, in <20050424015853.GA2335@xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx.xxx>, * "Michael G Schwern" <schwern@xxxxx.xxx> wrote: > > Uggg, 10.2's integration with Unix was just appalling. Half the standard > Unix administrative commands were either missing or worse weren't integrated > with the NetInfo way of doing things so they would silently alter the > standard Unixy files but have no effect. And don't get me started about > tcsh being the default. *shudder* > > At least OSXGNU fixed the most glaring oversights like groupadd and useradd. Ha. Now you're giving me NeXTStep 2 vs. 3 flashbacks. You want appalling? I'll take absence of silly group administration commands any time over missing uname and cuserid. And at least those could be easily faked. There were worse oversights I've repressed. Still, either way, it was a beautiful system to *use*. There aren't nearly so many things unbearably wrong with Darwin, but they've managed to make the UI substantially more aggravating. Ebb and flow. -- -D. dgc@xxxxxxxx.xxx NSIT University of ChicagoThere's stuff above here
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